The most popular and often perused articles from Hypebot this week dug into the best way to collect your piece of the Spotify lawsuit pie, the beautiful secrets behind vinyl, SoundClouds potential majority stake sale to private equity firms, and more. How To Collect Your Share Of $43.5 Million Spotify…
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The Basics Of Music Publishing
Here Wendy Day breaks down the basics of music publishing, explaining the different channels through which artists can earn money from their published works, and how they can get those works published. ___________________________ Guest post by Wendy Day, @RapCoalition and YouTube.com/ThisIsWendyDay of Songtrust Wendy Day is a label consultant who…
AM BRIEF: SoundCloud Investors Revealed • Alexa Gets Musical • Bandcamp’s Trans Day • Paperchain Chases $2.5B • More
FRIDAY 8.4.17
Music Business News From Around The Web
We now know the 2 investors brave enough to even consider rescuing SoundCloud.
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Why Event Marketers Should Learn To Lean On Their Ticketing Partners
As the one responsible for the marketing of a concert or event, there’s typically a great deal of pressure to up the headcount of attendees. One way to ease some of the burden in this situation is to get assistance from your ticketing partner. Here we look at three major…
THU. BRIEF: WME-IMG Nabs New $1B Investment • UMG Sued Over Type Font • Surge Knight Indicted • More
THURSDAY 8.3.17 Music Business News From Around The Web The value of agency giant WME-IMG grew $1billion in a single year . Updated continuously under our More News tab
Musicians In News For Mental Health Issues
Following the recent suicides of both Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington and Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, many in the in the industry have been more actively discussing the mental health of artists and others working within the music industry. _______________________ In this post to MusicThinkTank, Hilde Spille looks at several recent pieces…
WED. BRIEF: Raine Eyes SoundCloud Stake • Sony Reports Revenue • Landr Adds Distribution • Benji’s Blockchain Update • More
Wednesday 8.2.17 Music Business News From Around The Web We all want SoundCloud to survive, but can you figure out why someone would want to invest in it? Updated continuously under our More News tab
5 Times Artists Actually Used Auto-Tune Tastefully
Although auto-tune and overt pitch correction have received a lot of negative backlash from both inside and outside of the industry, auto-tune isn’t always of some of the harsh criticism which it receives. Here we look at five instances of auto-tuning being employed in a tasteful manner. _______________________ Guest post…
The Beautiful Secrets Behind Vinyl
[UPDATED] This article takes a deep dive into the world of vinyl, exploring why vinyl is superior to a digital format, how one can maximize the sound quality of a vinyl record, several useful ideas for recycling a vinyl record, and more. ______________________ The article is republished with copyright from…
5 False Claims About The Music Industry That Can Harm Your Career
Whether it’s about being to old to be successful or needing to move to the right city, we here look at five music industry myths, the belief in which can be greatly detrimental to you music business career _________________________ In this recent post on MusicThinkTank, Tom Hess blows the lid…